Brian Chumbi Junior

According to the current revised guidelines in Malawi, being implemented since 2nd July 2020, one can be discharged from quarantine, isolation, hospital and declared "recovered" even if their COVID-19 status is still POSITIVE.  According to a memo Ref no. CD/101 signed by Chief of Health Services Dr Charles Mwansambo, there are SIX criteria listed on discharging both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients and contacts. In this article I won't go into details of each conditions, I will only dwell much on condition number 1 criteria (b) which I find more relevant on elaborating more on how and why discharging positive cases.  Condition 1 says (paraphrased). A symptomatic patient can be discharged after 10 days from onset of symptoms plus at least 3 days without symptoms (fever and respiratory symptoms) so long as (a) their test result on 14th day is NEGATIVE or (b) their test result on 14th day is POSITIVE but their cycle threshold (Ct) value is greater than 30.  Now what is...

From Ndirande malabada to Ndirande matope, Chirimba Ntoso, Chilomoni nthukwa to Chilomoni Fargo, Namiwawa, Nyambadwe, Sunnyside, Mudi, Mpingwe hiets, Manja, Manje, Kanjeza forest, Bangwe mvula to Bangwe banana, BCA, Chigumula, Machinjiri khama, Areas 5, 10, 12, I could go on and on, but these are just a handful of areas I've gone to because of COVID-19. This is how this disease hasn't spared a group of people. I've walked in probably the poorest people's slums and among the richest people's mansions in Blantyre. Slums I wouldn't dare wear my full protective gear because I would put my life at even more risk to something like 'mob justice' than just wearing a mask, simply because the combination of my people's perception plus illiteracy levels on COVID-19 among other things, is still very alarming, probably it's time for that ministry of civic education or whatever it's called, to take its wheel, I'm 100% ready to volunteer with you. ...